Fishing-rod.



` n PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908. J. E. HOSTBTTER G. N. WORST. A

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. To 'fil idiom it mai,l fr z' if it knotinthzit We-. and GEORGE N, Tintas?. citizens of the 4Tinted States, resiiL; :it Pequea, in the county of Lsnciiser and State. of Pennsylvnia, have. inventnew and useful Im- Y; rovements in Fisi o llc is a speciiicso- This invention reises to fishing rods and 'the object of the invenzion is' to produce. :i rodv which may be oonigmctly folded so as t0 occupy but siniil.- rst-e. adopting it to be, conveniently carried i suit case, Satchel or trunk, the rod esito.. ing a plurality of sections connected tege :r by liiitge joints find combined with means for brac-ing the rod sections adjai'fena :o the joints het-Ween the same.

'ith the above sin.; sin?? obje-:s in View, the invention consists Ez the, novel construction, combination smi rangement of parts hereinafter fully deseriied, illustrated mid claimed` Inlhe accoiiipanjrir-f iirswingzn iggiiie l is a plan vien' of :i 5s rod cniboi ig the resent invention :imi s 'mi full; extended. fig. 2 is :an enlarged *'tiidiiisl section through the adjacent of two selrf -ns of the rod showing the; which onz'iecls thel se(` ons and the -1 ing slew@ which brei-es the ends of ti... s each otherlig` 3 is s siiiiilsr to Fig. 2 but showing the sections folded side by side.

F 4 1s a seem: n token on the line Fig. E: im end view of me has been folded. *e plan and odge plan View `of the coin-dere rod after the s Fig. iihzstrates elevation. Fig.

clamping sleeve.

Theii ig 'rod eofffplstecl in this invention may coiiipris desired number of sections 1, one o. terminal sections ing a siiiisbie 7 .fle .2 whiie the. op-

` is Provided with a -i desigiiszes a ree handle sea-15th of the rms. As the :sine kind s the meeting ends sections, iize descriptskes the piace for joints it is preferfhle the sections :wijst mit is employed at adjoining pair of I one oi said joints n produe-rr these VYGdc the ends of the. joints with shifzh give the ncc- .ng.,m\ls, of which the ltions is arranged 'ii proie:

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Specification of Lettera Potent'. g -Patented. Aug. 4, 1908. Explication tiled November 5, 197. Serial No. 400,822. I i

essai'y rote'ction to the ends of the sections :ind xi' ich also proxide housings for rtions of the hi 5e, as hereinafter desi-ri ed.

Each hinge embodies :i pair of li-:ives as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 6 mid each leaf, by preference, embodies :i pair o oppositely arranged members 6 between which,

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:it one end is arranged a lspacing 7` which serves to hold the members El at suit# able distances r. art to receive between them the connecting ink S which lios its opposite ends-p' #tally mounted at 9 between the' meinbci., '6-6 of each of the hinge leaves,

are Preferably' held bei ecu the meinbers by rivets 10 or their equivalent. The adjacent ends of the sections are slotted as indicated in Figs. 'l sind 3 suli'iciently to enable the 1cm-'es 6 1.o be. housed within the metal caps or ieri-iles 5 and are held therein by rivets l i oi' equivalent. means of the construction descriled, the iod sections. muy be. rung into the saine loiiffitiidiiml'plane :is shown in Fig. i or foli ed side by .side as Shown in Fig. 3, the conncctinglink S being:r of such length as to pcrniit such folkling-- In order to brace. the section: relatiYely to euch other when in the finie longt fliniil p'ine., we employ ii claim! is :nado tapering :is slio 2o correspond with the taper of the rod sections sind provided at one end' with u reinforiri g bend 13 provided ot'onc side. with en c re or fiiirlefider 14 through which the fishing line is led from the reel to the torniiniil eje. 15 it being linderstood that euch of the demping sleeves is providodivith such :in eye Il. which enables the rod to be folded without disconnecting the lisliiii(r line therefrom.

"dii the smaller secing pin 'or sind 15 :oi-se tho siot or g' sleeve 12 when siiid sf ,we is moved i he direc-tion of the liiigcr of the two sii-:tio s. The lateral cxtension 17 of said groove or slot is Cisposed u? im :icute ongle to tis;- :inin body of the slot so that when the sleeve 1". istiii'ned partially iii'ound on-tlie-ssi-.l rod, a edging shoulder 1S is provided which co -rates with the pin 15 to croi-:ii one sectie of the .rod toward the adjoiiii section lhereby causing the rod sections to which is diiptcd to ir groove lli 1n the Chin as shown in Fig. 6. The spacing pieces 7A Le pressed firmly together endto end, while the cliinigingv sleeve overlaps tne jointed ends of the sec- '.tions and prevents the joint from breaking.

All joints connecting the sections fthe` rrod are the saine in constrnction but they are '5 connected with t-lieir respective sections 'in such in anner that the connectino' links 8 will extend in different' planes or directions as illustrated in Fig. for the purpose of enablingtlie sections to be folded side byside 1o in a cluster thus making the rod very coin- -pact and adapted to be carried in a suit-case, Satchel or trunk.

To fold the rod the clanipiiiir sleeve 12 is slid toward the sinn-ll end of the rod which 15 frees the saine from its binding engagement therewith.

' We clainiz- 1. A fishing rod com )rising sections, 'a hinge joini .connecting the saine, a locking pin on one section, and zi. clamping sleeve adapted to cover and uncover said joint and provided with a hayon et slot the lateral exi ates with the locking pin, substantially as described. v "L A ishiiig rod com rising sections, a h inge jointl connecting t e same, said sections provided at their adjacent ends with metal caps, and a clain ing sleeve adapted to cover and uncover sai joint, the ninge joint embodying leaves housed and fastened within said ca s, and links connect-ing said leaves.

3. A Shing rod comprising sections, a hinge joint connecting the saine; and a elempin sleeve adapted to cover and uncover said joint, the hinge joint embodying leaves attached to the adjacent ends of the sections and a link connectincr said leaves and dispcsed to one side of tie axial center on the section.

In. testimony whereof we ailix our signaturcs in presence of two Witnesses.

JACOB E. HOSTETTER.

GEQ N. WORST.

Witnesses:

I. H. MASON,

`tension of which is disjiiosed at such angle as to provide a wedging s ioulder which coperf M. I. WANNER. 

